MONDAY: We will never understand why some people dislike Garrison Keillor. Personally we enjoy his folksy manner and dry sense of humor, even if A Prairie Home Companion is at times a bit hokey. Keillor will be at GW's Lisner Auditorium to read from and discuss his latest book Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon. Books will be sold by Olsson's. 7 p.m. Psychotherapist and author Amy Bloom will be at Politics and Prose to... more ›

FRIDAY: >> The Millennium Stage Conservatory Project concludes this weekend at the Kennedy Center. Promising young musicians from the nation's best conservatories will be giving free concerts in the Terrace Theater: Eastman School of Music (tonight), Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University (Saturday), and Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (Sunday). All concerts begin at 6 p.m. and can also be experienced by live simulcast through the Millennium Stage Web site. >> Garrison Keillor brings... more ›

Good morning, Washington. How was your State of the Union viewing experience? We hope that "enjoyable" is the answer — although not so enjoyable that you now have a State of the Union hangover experience (don't you love living in a city where such a thing is a possibility?). Whatever your experience, this morning it seems like some of the week's frantic political energy is draining out of the city, as the shot to the... more ›

Author, musician and radio personality Garrison Keillor once wrote that in Lake Wobegone, Minn., the women are strong, the men are good looking and all the children are above average. Apparently at Wolf Trap, the wolves speak fluent English and raise homeless liberals to become hosts of shows on public radio – or so we are led to believe. This was one of Keillor’s many jokes on “A Prairie Home Companion” at Wolf Trap on Saturday. Keillor is a legend in public radio, and Saturday’s sold out performance/live broadcast drew in crowds from as far as Harrisburg, Pa. For those of you who have never listened to the show, which is broadcast on Washington’s WETA, it’s family-friendly, folksy fun with a message. more ›

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